I had the honor of doing an illustration of our vet’s dogs, that her staff gave her as a Christmas gift! Dr T at the West Deptford Animal Hospital LLC and her crew are the best!
Category: New Work
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Groundhog Day
This is another one of my illustrations that started as a Sketch of the Day idea. I’m a huge fan of Bill Murray and Groundhog Day has always been on of my favorite films of his. I was working at a movie theater when Groundhog Day came out. I was an usher at the time and part of my job was to go into the theater and check on things for a minute or two at random times. I remember checking on Groundhog Day at various times in the movie and I was so confused as to what was going on- the guy kept waking up on the same day! It all made sense when I saw the film in it’s entirety, and since then I must have seen it a couple dozen times!
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Jolly Santa Coloring Page
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Kiku the Cat
Kiku I did a lot of pet portraits this holiday season, like this fluffy cat named Kiku! Kiku lived with friends of ours and was quite a character. I used to call him ‘Mister’ and he liked to hang around me, but would play swat me at times and then I would be afraid. Kiku is dearly missed!
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Gingerbread Man Coloring Page
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Happy Birthday, Miley!
Miley Cyrus It’s my birthday too!
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Elf’s 10th Anniversary
Buddy the Elf & Jovie (Will Ferrell & Zooey Deschanel) My favorite Christmas movie, Elf, turned 10 this week! Each year I can’t wait until the Christmas season arrives so I can break out the Elf DVD and watch it non-stop. It never gets old to me. I love the comedy of Elf, of course; it is Will Ferrell at his best. But I also love the message about the Christmas spirit, the underdog & fish-out-of-water theme, and not being limited to what society tells you to be. So I decided to paint a full image of Buddy & Jovie in the North Pole with the arctic animals.
Will Ferrel (Elf) I painted this first Buddy the Elf illustration a few years ago for my Christmas cards. Since then I have used this image for my social network icons many times. Then a couple years ago while I was a teaching associate at The Rock School, the students would request coloring pages from me. I knew most of them were big fans of Elf (who isn’t?) so I decided to turn my caricature into a full coloring page for the students to color. I did a Buddy and Zooey DeschanELF coloring page- you can find both in my ‘Coloring Pages’ section.
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Sheena Parveen
Sheena Parveen – NBC10 Meteorologist 
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I’m a Professional Artist
I love my new book, I’m a Professional Artist, which tells the story of how I make art for a living! I have been illustrating and designing children’s books for Wilbooks for many years now but this is the first book that I wrote, with the help of Bruce Larkin. I’m a Professional Artist, written for a grade 2 reading level, tells of how I started drawing as a kid and how I made a career out of it.
Here is a great review by Jim O’Connor:
Mine and my sister’s copy of Jim Mchugh’s “I’m a Professional Artist” came today. I was so stoked I left the front door wide open.
It is a children’s book showing the progression of Jim’s work and why he is an artist. As an “adult”, it was still nice seeing the evolution of his work, he included some older pieces as well as recent illustrations with a wide range of style. “Can you see how much my art changed as I grew older?” He certainly had natural talent at a young age but came into a look of his own as he honed his skill through education. He also touches on how he now works digitally for commercial art, and asks the kids if they have ever made art on a computer. I thought that was a great question for obvious reasons. A short read but one that will stick with you and your kids seeing someone do what they love (and succeeding).
If you would like to order I’m a Professional Artist for your school please go to: http://www.wilbooks.com/
You can find the direct listing of the book here: http://www.wilbooks.com/second-grade-nonfiction/im-a-professional-artist/
